frenchman

Who acts: man, Louis, Frenchman, Napoleon, café, new neighbour · What happens: come, be, use, mean, invent, write · To what, where: France, French, French person, Frenchman, us, famous Frenchman · Speech: someone speaks here

«frenchman» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: frenchman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A man who comes from France or is French.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 man	acl:relcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 France	case
6	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 comes	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 French	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 French	cop
9	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 France	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	a man			France or French			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from france=Initial_Location
2	is a	present	a man not said here	French					tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

Usage: history, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Sometimes used to mean a French person or soldier in general.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 used	advmod
2	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 mean	mark
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 soldier	cc
9	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 general	case
11	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 soldier	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle						sometimes property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	to-infinitive		a French person or soldier in general					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic

Example 1

Louis Braille was a Frenchman who invented writing for blind people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Louis	Louis	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Frenchman	nsubj
2	Braille	Braille	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Louis	flat
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Frenchman	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Frenchman	det
5	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 invented	nsubj
7	invented	invent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Frenchman	acl:relcl
8	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 invented	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 people	case
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 writing	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Frenchman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Louis	a Frenchman		tree rules
2	invent	past	a Frenchman			tree rules
3	write	gerund	a Frenchman not said here		for blind people	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for people=Beneficiary

Example 2

The Frenchman spoke to us in French.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Frenchman	det
2	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 us	case
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 spoke	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 French	case
7	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the Frenchman		us	French			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=Co-Agent

Example 3

Napoleon was a famous Frenchman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Frenchman	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Frenchman	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Frenchman	det
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Frenchman	amod
5	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Frenchman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Napoleon	a famous Frenchman					tree rules

Example 4

The Frenchman's café sold croissants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Frenchman	det
2	Frenchman	Frenchman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 café	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Frenchman	case
4	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sold	nsubj
5	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	croissants	croissant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sold	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the Frenchman's café	croissants					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croissant=Theme

Example 5

Our new neighbour is a Frenchman from Lyon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 neighbour	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 neighbour	amod
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Frenchman	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Frenchman	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Frenchman	det
6	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Lyon	case
8	Lyon	Lyon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Frenchman	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Frenchman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Our new neighbour	a Frenchman		Lyon			tree rules

Example 6

They were first brought to light, after a patient search and diligent perusal of ancient authors, by a Frenchman, M.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 brought	advmod
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 light	case
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 search	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 search	det
10	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 search	amod
11	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 perusal	cc
13	diligent	diligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 perusal	amod
14	perusal	perusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 authors	case
16	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 authors	amod
17	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 perusal	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Frenchman	punct
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 Frenchman	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 Frenchman	det
21	Frenchman	frenchman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 M.	punct
23	M.	M.	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 search	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · passive		They		light	after a patient search and diligent perusal of ancient authors and a Frenchman and M.	first property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to light=Destination
2	peruse			ancient authors					nom perusal «communication transitive»: of=patient

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